Where does “kittan” come from?
kittan (Central Semitic) comes from Swahili kitu, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀.
Ancestry of “kittan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swahili | kitu | thing |
| 2 | Proto-Bantu | kɪ̀ntʊ̀ | thing, object |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *-ntʊ̀ | — |